Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. Gosh, me again. Actually I have a little stash of snowmen and this was one I had already stamped. I decided to make a variation on my previous tag which was inspired by Jeanne's lovely tag. So here we go, snowman tag 2......

Hello. Welcome. I'm back!! Back home. Back with the stash, plus a little bit of nbus LOL. Back crafting. Hurrah. And I need to be cos I still need some cards and tags for the big day. So here we go, inspired by Jeanne's fun snowman tag

Sunday, 27 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. Here I am, still on my holibobs and doing a little desert island crafting.

Kadoodle's Indian Dan paper pieced and standing on a rug from Waffle Flowers Tribal Bear stamp set. Looks like he got his jammies on!! I used some of the pattern stamps to jazz up the background a bit. Defnition from OED.

Saturday, 19 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. I am on my yearly excursion to the UK so a little desert island crafting in store the next week or so. Not that I don't have craft supplies! It's always fun to look through the packages that have been ordered and sent to my family. Always a few, ooh, forgot I ordered that moments. Even a few ??? moments! I think that sometimes I order things cos I am having an inspired, or maybe just crazy, moment. By the time I am reunited with my purchases I don't remember why I ordered it!! Ah well..... So, I have plenty dies, but no die cutter. Plenty embossing powders, but no heat gun. Plenty stamps, but little ink, and no acrylic blocks! Good job I half finished a couple of things before I flew........

I was inspired by Karin's tag, which featured a snowman. I've used this crazy deer from Stamplorations Reindeer Games, but kept the clean white tag and blue aperture. I added a piece of silver ribbon.

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. I am starring over on the Rubber Dance blog today. Have you seen our cool challenge colours? Have you seen it's Bibi's birthday (almost)? Have you seen that there are two prizes up for grabs this month? Have you seen that Rubber Dance is having a design team call? Have you seen this?

Monday, 14 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. Last week I was Growing in Unity. Everyone who left a comment on my posts had the chance to win one of two 25 stamp grab bags from Unity Stamp Co. Big hugz and thanks to Unity for letting me showcase their fab stamps and for their generosity, and thank you for visiting my posts and leaving such lovely and encouraging comments.

Saturday, 12 November 2016

Love this very cool VLVS stamp. I covered my giant playing card with white paper and stamped and black embossed Boy in a Cape. I masked him and gold embossed VLVS Blowing Dandelion. Then I used various yellow/orange distress inks and Stamplorations stencils, Dots and Dashes, Shutters and Swirly Blooms, to make the background. Definition from the OED.Thanks for dropping by. I was Growing in Unity this week. Comment on my GIU posts for chances to win one of two grab bags from Unity Stamps. HugzJoining the fun atVLVS November ChallengeThe Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - UStamplorations Mixed Media Challenge

Friday, 11 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. This week I am Growing in Unity. Leave a comment on this and my other GIU posts for a chance to win a Unity Stamp Co. grab bag of 25 stamps. Today is Remembrance Day. This seemed appropriate.

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Click here for the October CCC RevealHello. Welcome. Gosh, day 4 already. Doesn't time fly....... In case you just happened to drop in, this week I am Growing in Unity. I am showcasing Unity Stamp Co. stamps each day this week. On Monday I will be picking two lucky people who leave comments to win a Unity grab bag of 25 stamps.

Today I went yellow, a rare colour choice for me, and I have used my most favourite and loved Beach Girl.

Love this stamp. She is so evocative. Today needed a little sunshine and positive thoughts so I used this lovely sentiment is from the kit She......

If you haven't checked out my other GIU posts they are here Day 1, Day 2, Day 3. Leave a comment on each post for an extra chance to win a Unity grab bag. Thanks for dropping by. I'll be back tomorrow with my final project. Hugz

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. This week I am Growing in Unity. I am having fun showcasing projects with Unity stamps each day this week. Leave a comment on all of my GIU posts this week for a chance to win a Unity Grab bag. Today I have altered a journal card using Unity's You're My Bestie and the sentiment from Bravely Change

I bought these journaling cards (Pebbles - Spring) a while ago and they have just been hanging around. So I was flicking through them and thought this little Bestie fitted perfectly amid the poppies and the kite. I stamped with Versamark, embossed with black powder, fussy cut and coloured her with distress inks, Mermaid Lagoon and Stormy Skies. Then I stamped and embossed the sentiment from Bravely Change, snipped the ends and coloured with blueprint sketch distress. Thanks for dropping by. Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win one of two Unity grab bags this week. Hugz

Hello. Welcome. I am so happy to be Growing In Unity this week. I am sharing a project every day showcasing Unity Stamps. If you leave a comment you have a chance to win a Unity grab bag of 25 stamps. Today I have made a card using the Joseph's Coat Technique.

I started with a piece of red card. I stamped the hexagons from Bee Happy Hexagons and the cycle from Love Life with Versamark ink and clear embossed. Then I covered it all with black ink. I wiped the embossed areas with a tissue but then decided to iron off the embossing to make the details really sharp and the colours brighter.

I stamped And Then There Was a Boy and the dog from The Boo Crew and fussy cut them. I attached the panel to a red base card, added the boy and his dog and added the sentiment 'thinking of you'.

Thanks for dropping by. Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a Unity grab bag. I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Hugz

Monday, 7 November 2016

Hello. Welcome. This is my first post as this week's Growing In Unity girl!! Each day this week I will be sharing a project made with stamps from the Unity Stamp Co. Then next week I will pick 2 names from all the comments left on these posts and those 2 lucky people will each win an amazing grab bag of 25 Unity stamps! For a chance to win all you need to do is leave a comment below.

I stamped Jessica Girl on a piece of white card and masked her. I added some solid blocks of colour using various green distress inks. Then I stamped the sentiment from Lil' Bunny Peeps many times using Evergreen Bough distress ink. The sentiment reads

'Thank you for being a friend'

I cut the panel with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die and mounted it on a dark green base card.

Thanks for dropping by. Don't forget to leave a comment and come back tomorrow for my next project and another chance to win. Hugz

And that brings us full circle.A
big cheer for all the lovely ladies for sharing their artistic talents
and also doing a little bit towards improving global good will.And if you got this far........ A little candy for one of the lovely ladies who sent cards that were received by the last day of the month. Mr Random chose one lucky lady for September and October. For September.........Marga in Spain.I will be sending you this stamp set from Papermania

For October..........Mrs. A in England I will be sending you this stamp/die set from Sizzix

Our Next ChallengeThere is still time to sign up for the November exchange
until November 6th. If you are having problems seeing the linky try
taking the 's' off of the end of 'http' in the address field and
refresh. If you are still having problems email me craftynomad at gmail
dot com.This is the final sign up of the year.

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

W H O' S B E E N P L A Y I N G

(If you're reading
this and have never participated, please consider doing so. And if you
see that your country or state has never been represented, you are
honor-bound to sign up and show that y'all are friendly and interested
in building global peace - and your stamp collection - one card at a
time!)

As
of June, 2016, we've exchanged over 2,065 cards in this little jaunt -
most of which were made by regular participants. And where do they come
from? Read on....

If
you're new to the Card Chain Challenge ("CCC") this is an event where
everybody wins. Basically, you make a card for the person above you on
the chain and you receive a card from the person below you on the chain.
It's a personalized swap, sort of, and it's a ton of fun! Go here for past Chains.